Major League Football has completed its inaugural draft, and one of its teams loaded up with players from Alabama colleges during the territorial portion of the selections.

MLFB has not announced the home cities of its proposed eight teams, which intend to play a spring/summer schedule in 2016.

The teams drafted under the names of their coaches. Team Cottrell, coached by Ted Cottrell, selected 22 players from Alabama colleges in the 39 rounds of the territorial draft.

Team Cottrell's "franchise player" also is from an Alabama college. The league's franchise players were announced as the first-round selections. MLFB said the franchise players "were chosen for their abilities on and off the field, in particular, their commitment to community outreach to develop football talent, support local sporting organizations, and foster fan and local business support in MLFB's team host city."

Team Cottrell's franchise player is former Huntingdon wide receiver Taylor Belsterling, who prepped at Montgomery Catholic. Belsterling went to rookie minicamps with the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints last spring.

"It's a new league, so I am really excited to see what they bring to the table, and I'm excited to give my input and be an athlete again," Belsterling toldMLFB's web site. "It's a big responsibility, and I'm not going to take it for granted one bit. With that being said, I know I'm going to have to come in on Day 1 and be a leader on the team."

The league followed the franchise round of the draft with the territorial picks, then held 28 more rounds of a national draft. In all, 552 players were drafted. MLFB said more than 2,000 players applied for consideration.

Team Cottrell started its territorial picks by selecting former Alabama linebacker Trey DePriest.

In addition to its 22 players from Alabama colleges, Team Cottrell selected eight from Georgia, seven from Louisiana and one apiece from North Carolina and Virginia.

Team Cottrell also drafted Enrique Williams of South Alabama in the national rounds.

Other players drafted by MLFB during the national rounds included Reid Herchenbach of Alabama State, Torrey Davis, Dylan Lynch and Max Shortell of Jacksonville State, Travis Lee of Miles, Theo Rich of South Alabama, R.J. Roberts and Damian Ford of Stillman and Zarah Yisrael of Troy.

Cottrell is a former NFL defensive coordinator. The league's head coaches also include Larry Kirksey, who was the running-backs coach for Alabama's 1992 national-championship team, and former Florida coach Galen Hall.